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Alex's 300 Follower Tarot Extravaganza

Since I'm hitting a huge milestone, I wanted to go for something a little different. I'm not good at graphics outside of Canva and a lot of my skills are reduced to "plays video games" and "reads tarot" and, well, since I can't capitalize off of playing games for people, here we are.

The Basics

You swoop into my inbox like a majestic bird, moonlighting as a character of yours that desperately needs a question answered. I in turn moonlight as my character, Nadia DuPont, and read their cards as promised.

Sound interesting? Read...

The Rules

Must be following me @space-cadead . That's why I'm doing this, after all. Doesn't matter if you follow me during the event, just have to be doing so when you drop by the inbox

Go buckwild--ask as every one of your main cast if you so desire.

MUST ask the question as whichever character the reading is being done for. Yes, I am requiring you to role play a lil bit.

Number of cards pulled based on my own ~spiritual discretion~. Could be one, could be three, could be ten. I won't know until I draw.

Refer to this page to see what decks I have available and include somewhere in your ask whether you have a specific deck you want used or you just want me to pick one. It is not a complete list, but most of my decks are on there. I think just the Marigold Tarot is missing...

I also moved a couple of months ago so there's the slightest chance a deck you asked for is unavailable and I apologize in advance but like. Ask anyway.

I do have a job so responses will mostly happen later on in the day. Doesn't mean I'm ignoring you!!

Please share this post! Like I said, it doesn't matter if you follow me during this I just REALLY want to do it so the more the merrier!

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authoralexharvey · 1 year

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(Character number 2. :) I hope you're loving my disaster space found family.)

*The ten year old sits down with her feet dangling off the floor, kicking them idly* Hi. I'm Terra. I don't have a last name. I can't remember it. Sorry. We just use Yune's 'cause he's our guardian and it's easier. Nice to meet you. I like your place. It looks like it came out of a fairytale. I told Will I'd go first, 'cause he's being a big baby. He's my twin. Can you really tell the future with cards? That's so cool! Can you answer questions with an UNO deck? We have one. That would be so neat to learn.

My question? Um... I don't think I'm allowed to ask this, 'cause no one's supposed to know, but... Can you keep a secret? Ok. ... Me and Will are part of the One Thousand. Everyone knows we're supposed to save the galaxy - all of us - but how do we do that? We're all just kids. How can we possibly save anything let alone a whole galaxy? No one knows what we're supposed to do, we're just supposed...to do it. And...and because Me and Will were...changed... we're not Terran anymore - we don't know what we are, we were told they gave us a tool to save the galaxy, but since we're not terran, are...are we even still part of the One Thousand anymore?

I'm sorry if that's hard to answer. Maybe I should have asked if I'll ever meet Tylan Denly. He's that really cute boy on "Laki Rift." Boys are gross, but he's not. He has really pretty lavender eyes and fluffy hair.

Are those all your cards? ooooo pretty. I really like this one. Ethereal Visions. It's got a lot of purple and pink, and I like the artwork.

Hello again! I'm having fun with the personality you inject into each of them ^^

Alex's 300 Follower Tarot Extravaganza

In all her time since starting classes at this college, she has seen a lot... but not a ten-year old. She has half a mind to worried how the child in front of her and how she got on the mesa to begin with. Of course, that's not something she can directly ask her. And, somehow, she thinks this ten-year old in particular can handle herself better than the other children she's seen. Maybe.

"Hello there," she says, taking her deck box in hand. "These are some of my cards. I have a lot of them, can you believe it?" Then, after a moment of feigned deep thought, she says, "How about this. Don't tell anyone else I did this--they might get mad and think it's unfair--but just for you, I'll answer both questions, okay?"

She thinks again of Ines as she shuffles. She can't help it. First the angst-riddled teen and now a child even younger? It makes her heart hurt for her brother. Wherever he's found himself, she offers him a quick prayer before returning her attention to the girl before her.

"I don't know what an UNO deck is, I'm afraid. Is it like playing cards? People can tell fortunes with playing cards just fine. Other people, I mean. It's not my specialty. Really, you can use a LOT of things to tell the future. Try it sometime. Take... say, a necklace, or a shoe string with something tied to it. Have it swing one way for yes and another way for no. You can go a long way on that alone.

"Oh dear, I'm rambling, aren't I? No matter."

She shuffles now in earnest, focusing on Terra's question. After a minute, she cuts the deck and draws a card.

"Remember," she says as she starts to flip the card over. "This is the super secret answer. Don't tell anyone I answered an extra question for you, okay?

With that, she studies the card she's drawn.

"I think," she says, revealing the card to Terra at last, "your personal makeup doesn't matter when it comes to the fate of the world. See this card, yes? There's ten pentacles--thats the ten disks with stars in them at the top--and two people with a dog. They look quite happy, don't they? They've made quite a life for themselves. And I think that's the same case here. I think who you are, or who you were, doesn't matter when faced with the bigger picture. So, whatever the 'one thousand' is, I take this as a sign you're still a part of it, and that you all are still capable of amazing things."

After a breath, Nadia returns the card to her deck. "Sad to say, I have no idea what it is you will accomplish or how. That is not something the gods have deigned necessary to show me. You'll figure it out, though.

"If anyone asks, however, I didn't tell you any of that. The first card was between you and me." She waits for Terra to nod vigorously before offering a wink.

"Remember. Don't tell anyone."

With this, she begins to shuffle anew. The next card comes when she splits the deck and draws a card. After a moment to think, she sets the card down between them. A figure sits on a Throne, holding a sword aloft and a pair of scales.

"Interesting." She leans forward, sliding the card closer to Terra. "Interesting indeed.

"What's it mean? Good question. To tell you the truth, I'm not fully certain, but I think it suggests you will see Tylan during a very important moment. Perhaps he is related to your first question. Perhaps not. Perhaps he will be important in a different way. Regardless, I do think you will see him at some point."

She picks the card up and examines it some more. "Honestly, though, boys are gross and I think that even now. He may be cute now, but I don't think you will still think so when you two meet. Or maybe you will."

With this, she puts the card back within the deck and tucks everything away. "Well. That's everything, I think."

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authoralexharvey · 1 year

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It’s Ray—your local Arbian teen that’s stranded in Vira. Look I got some important questions here mainly are tarot readings future tellings or can they, I dunno, locate people? Like you some mystic or something? We got those. You know what, imma assume you are. Mystic space-cadead is your new name. Your welcome.

My family has been missing?? Like they said they would be back in three weeks, um but it’s been five. Not open to depressive future readings you can shove those up your ass, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. Also not open to vaguely nice future readings. Naw fam. I am here for the *facts.* But if we must choose between the two then I guess vaguely nice it is.

Are you able to use these cards or something to tell me where they are?? Is it necessary for me to drag their crazy asses out of Arbia? Do I need to be making exciting and irresponsible deals with their potential captors. I am *open* to suggestions. You can use *anything* that is useful.

If giving me irresponsible life advice are not what tarot readings are for, what if we pretended they were? Come on. I need suggestions people. Cough it up mystic space-cadead.

*blinks*

Based on the very first line I'm taking this in absolutely the most best faith way possible and running with it. Becausr Ray has... quite the personality hahaha. Very abrasive. I was quite thrown to be honest.

Also in this case, it would be Mystic Nadia, since that's who is giving the reading here ^^ though she prefers Diviner.

(Also yes I have heard tarot being used to find things but fuck me if I actually know how it works?)

Alex's 300 Follower Tarot Extravaganza

She wasn't expecting a sudden tirade when she opened the door, but the words fall out of the boy's mouth before she can even say hello. She has half a mind to slam the door in his face--that'll show the brat--but a sudden thought stills her aching limbs. Through the typical teenage maelstrom of emotions radiating from him, he reminds her of Ines. Her heart twists at the thought.

“Fine,” she says. The door widens until there’s enough of a gap for Ray to slip through. Still, shock ripples through Nadia when the boy barges past. Before she can tell him to sit, he's already flopped down onto one of her chairs. The fabric coughs up dust under his weight, enough to make her grimace.

She shuts the door, jamming her hip against it to make sure it closes. It's a movement she'll pay for later, she knows, but something tells her the extra caution is warranted.

"I'm not a mystic," she says by way of apology as she picks her way through her disorderly living room. "I think the closest we get around here is prophets, or Diviners. That's what I am, a Diviner. Or, will be." Noting the boy's aggressive skepticism, she rushes to continue, "But I can try to help all the same. Tarot is... well, it's many things. Mostly a tool. Some tools are not suited for all jobs. That said..."

Nadia takes the tin at her side and pops it open. The cards slip in her hands. Starting to shuffle, she thinks on Ray's words and ponders how to translate them.

It's as she's deep in thought that a card contorts, flipping itself so it faces the opposite way of all the others. She stops shuffling to examine it.

She can't help it. She laughs.

"The Nine of Cups," she says, showing Ray the smirking figuring on the card standing in front of nine overflowing cups. "Overflowing happiness. Somehow, I think this is a shot at you for saying you don't want vaguely nice readings. Tarot... can have a mind of its own."

Ray does not look amused. She starts to shuffle again.

Before long, she cuts the deck in half and draws a card. Another, softer snort escapes.

"Ten of Wands," she says, revealing a card of a figure in a lightning storm, crown shattering on their head. Ten sticks form a web behind them. "A near-opposite response."

Nadia tucks the card back into the deck. "I do apologize for this. I think the deck is having fun with your... uncouth behavior." In the back of her mind, she thinks Simone would be proud of her use of the word "uncouth". It has a nice ring, she must admit.

Ray is still not amused. With a nervous chuckle, Nadia shuffles the deck a third time. She does so slowly, hand over hand, brow furrowed as she focuses on Ray's question.

Finally, she cuts the deck and pulls a third card. She doesn't have time to smother her confusion.

"Huh."

She sets the cards down, chewing on her lip. The third card she's pulled depicts a lounging horned figure pulling floral sheets close to them. A brilliant moon illuminates them from behind. Still staring at the card, she says, "Do you even have a plan for how you would get your family back?"

Nadia winces. The phrasing was perhaps a bit harsh. She tries again. "Rather, here's the sense I'm getting. Given your speech at the beginning, I'm sure you have some semblance of an idea of what you would do. Why haven't you done it yet? From my standpoint, it appears you need to knuckle down, make up an actual plan, and then see it through. That's what the Knight of Pentacles is all about.

"A final word," she adds as Ray stands up. "Your solution is not perfect. There will be consequences. You must be prepared to accept them." Then, softer, "And good luck."

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authoralexharvey · 1 year

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(I love this idea, and I'm intrigued at what you'd say if my characters were the ones to ask questions. It's a good exercise getting in their heads like this, too. If it's cool, I'd like to do this with my four MCs, please. I'll start with my space himbo pilot and favorite character. :) )

*ahem* Uh, Hi. *takes a seat* Nice place. Cozy. *ahem* Right. Um, my name is Yune, Yune Darrak, I'm a pilot, and uh, yeah, I got strong-armed into this by an Ai Hiri and two ten-year olds. I don't really believe in this kind of thing, but Selka said it might help 'clear out my head.' She says I'm *air quotes* "Conflicted" - whatever that means.

Right, right, I can see that look. I guess... Ever since I met those kids my life's been one chaos event after another. I've never questioned who I am, or the world more in my life. I'm a defective mik-human. I know that. I was born and raised on Mikra, so why do I resonate more with these two mini-nerds than I ever did with my own people? I'm a mik, but I've never felt like I belonged on that planet or with other mik. I know the way the world works and where I fit into it. I'm a salvager - I'm nothing. I came from nothing. These kids threw my life into a spiral and got me questioning everything I thought I knew - even my reoccurring nightmare is reoccurring more often. I thought I'd had that under control. Why? Why do Sparky and Squeaker seem to be the ones at the root of this inner conflict Selka says I have?

I won't let her look into my head, and if this makes her shut up and leave me alone about it, then 'the cards' it is.

Hm. Ethereal Visions has an uncanny valley vibe to it. I like it. Sure, why not. Let's go with that. Terra's probably going to pick that one when she gets in here. It has a lot of pink and purple. Ok, cards. Hit me. What's wrong with me?

Hi there! Like I said in the event post, go wild. It'll take me a while to get through everything, but I really have been loving this and that people are taking part! Interesting you call Ethereal Visions uncanny tho haha to me that's DEFINITELY the Hayworth Tarot. *shrugs* I love them all tho.

Alex's 300 Follower Tarot Extravaganza

Nadia nods at the end of her guest's speech, eyes glimmering. Gesturing to the couch opposite of her, she grabs the cardboard box at her side and opens it.

"Everyone is a skeptic today," she says under her breath as she starts to shuffle. Then, louder, "I sense two related questions within... all of that. Let's see if the cards agree."

In an instant, a card flies out of her hands and slides across the table.

"Huh. Okay."

Flipping it over elicits another shorter noise from her. She stares Yune in the face. If she were a more religious person, she'd be compelled to say the name of a deity in vain.

"Your problem is you are standing in the way of your own happiness," she says before pulling the card closer. "You have all the supplies needed to have this sort of reality." She taps the card for emphasis. "The Four of Wands suggests happiness and celebration, but your own demeanor and thought process is in exact contrast to that. You're focusing on the wrong things here. Sure, your life may currently be chaos, but the upheaval was needed to have a brighter, happier future."

With this, she gathers the card back up, cradling the deck in loose hands.

Nadia is frowning now. "As I thought," she says before beginning to shuffle once again. "This doesn't seem to answer everything. So how about an inquiry on your comrades, hmm?"

She begins to shuffle once again. There's no flinging of cards this time. Instead, she cuts the deck in half and gently draws.

The card she sets down next to the first depicts a half-dressed figure petting the mane of a docile lion.

"Where you see chaos," she says without looking up, "is actually an opportunity for strength.

"Strength," she says again, now meeting Yune's eyes. "Inner strength in particular. You aren't the things you wanted to be--that much is obvious. However, with the aid of these two kids turning your life over, you're finding a new sense of self. A new happiness."

Nadia leans back, the circles under her eyes somehow darker now. "My advice? Learn to give in to the chaos. You have the makings for something wonderful, if you let go of how you think you should be."

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